This blog is filled with ideas to turn everyday moments into Jewish moments, especially for families with young children.
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We’re deep diving into Hanukkah celebrations with some wonderful new DIYs, like this speckled clay menorah in a simple design. I make a lot of projects with littles in mind, but this menorah is a wonderful project for adults (it involves coffee and wine)! So let’s go make a menorah for the Festival of Lights.
A beautiful tradition in Judaism is to light a memorial candle, a yahrzeit candle, on the anniversary of a loved one’s passing. I received a candle for my dad, and spent the afternoon making a special candle holder from clay and imprinted with wildflowers. If you’d like to remember someone you love with a beautiful little memorial candle holder, read on to learn how.
One of the four blessings of Havdalah (the ceremony at the end of Shabbat on Saturday night to begin a new week) is for besanim (fragrant spices).
Havdalah is a little space in time when we separate the end of Shabbat from the beginning of a new week. It takes place on Saturday evening when three stars are twinkling in the sky.
